"Alright, since everyone is here now, let's get ready to begin our test. Although, it's impossible for you to pass my test at this point, kid."
Evangeline sat on a chair that appeared from who knows where, looking disdainfully at Negi, who held a magic circle and watched her with a nervous expression. From her perspective, Negi's current strength was like that of an elementary school student. Coming to the enemy's camp without first investigating their strength was truly a death wish.
"Since you want to reclaim Konoe Konoka, I will give you a test. I will not lower the difficulty of the test because of your strength. This time, the person you need to face is Chachamaru. However, I need to confirm with you in advance if you really intend to face my test in your current state?"
She propped her chin with her hand, a playful smile on her face as she looked at Kagurazaka Asuna and Negi.
She asked Negi again with an unchanging smile, not saying anything more. It seemed she was quite looking forward to what would happen next.
"Huh? Yes! Yes! As Konoka-chan's teacher, I want to save her, is there a problem with that?"
Negi looked at Evangeline with some confusion. He felt that Evangeline's current attitude was strange, but he didn't think much of it and answered her question directly.
However, this answer did not satisfy her, because Negi was only acting out of a sense of responsibility for involving Konoe Konoka, an ordinary person, and a sense of obligation that he must save them.
It couldn't be said that this was bad, but such things would eventually become his shackles.
"Forget it, I don't want to say anything to you. But in that case, Kagurazaka Asuna shouldn't need to be involved, right? So why are you standing next to the kid? Could it be that, as previously mentioned, during your time with him, you've gone from being a fan of older men to a fan of younger boys? It truly is 'long-term' affection, Kagurazaka Asuna."
Evangeline teased her, and sure enough, as expected, Kagurazaka Asuna bristled shortly after she said this, her twin tails standing on end in anger.
"Don't explain, everything just now proves it. You know, sacrificing yourself to block 'Night Blizzard' for him isn't just simple care. The scene at that time was truly moving~"
Looking at Kagurazaka Asuna's flushed little face, Evangeline continued to tease her.
Due to her excitement, she directly threw a punch at her, but it was easily blocked.
"Oh my, oh my~ You're really shy, Asuna. You like Negi so much, why won't you admit it? Konoka told me that you two sleep together every night, so you've already 'slept together.' What's so hard to admit?~ After all, Negi is so cute, isn't it natural for you to abandon Ryuudou?"
The person who caught the punch was Yoshino, but her current state was a bit strange; she wasn't as timid as before, and her smile felt full of malice.
"Wh-What do you mean 'slept together'! You clearly don't know anything! Don't talk nonsense!"
The thought of Negi always running to her bed when he slept made her face even redder.
But she would absolutely not admit it; it's just that she didn't realize her behavior was like proclaiming, "There are three hundred taels of silver buried here."
"Oh my~ I really don't know anything, but Konoka lives with you, doesn't she know these things? Before you came here, she already told me that you often sleep with Negi. Not only do you sleep together, but every morning she also sees you disheveled. Ah~ It really makes one curious about what exactly happened between you two."
She cupped her cheeks with both hands, twisting her body continuously, as if feeling shy about something.
"Konoka~"
Kagurazaka Asuna cried out to Konoe Konoka, "Why did you tell others about this? Didn't I tell you not to tell anyone about it?!"
"Hehe~ I couldn't help it. Because Yoshino came over so cutely, begging me to tell her about you two, so I accidentally told her everything. Eh heh~ (゜▽＾*)"
Konoe Konoka clapped her hands together and stuck out her tongue apologetically, speaking in a playful tone.
After all, that person helped her reconcile with Sakurazaki Setsuna, so when Yoshino came to ask her about what happened in the dorm, she unhesitatingly sold out her roommate.
"Damn it! You're not the original Yoshino. Looking at your smiling face, you must be the one who almost hit Negi with ice shards just now! Why does such a kind girl like Yoshino have such a terrible personality inside her?!"
Kagurazaka Asuna glared at her fiercely. She really didn't understand why, despite having the same face, her personality was so malicious.
"..." Hearing her words, Yoshino's expression darkened slightly.
The image of Yoshinon flashed in her mind but was quickly suppressed.
Anyway, Yoshinon was alive now, so she didn't need to care about the past anymore.
However, she found that her current personality seemed unchangeable; she couldn't return to her original gentle self.
But when she saw others gritting their teeth because of her words, she felt very happy, a feeling she had never experienced before.
So she decided to maintain her current personality, because more interesting things would happen.
"What are you doing out here? You shouldn't have anything to do right now, should you? Just go to the side and watch the show."
Kagurazaka Asuna looked at Yoshino warily. Although she had only just seen this personality of Yoshino, she had experienced her malicious nature. This malicious fellow coming out now certainly meant nothing good would happen.
"Hehe~ Of course I'm out here to do something, Asuna. I'm not like you, someone with nothing to do. You go to the side and watch carefully."
After speaking, she turned around to face Evangeline, smiling broadly, and said with clenched fists: "Kitty, let me take this trial first. I want Negi to understand the principle that a mage who can't fight in close combat isn't a good mage."
"But your levels are too far apart. He has no chance of winning against you now. This can't even be considered a test, can it?"
Evangeline raised an eyebrow, looking at Yoshino, feeling somewhat surprised by her intention to personally enter the fray. From her appearance, she seemed to be planning to use close combat. Although she had never seen Yoshino use close combat, there were rumors that she had learned Jack Lakan's close combat techniques.
It was only natural for a mage to know a bit of close combat; after all, in her hundreds of years of life, she had also learned many fighting techniques.
The problem was that the one who taught Yoshino close combat techniques was the existence known as a BUG. Although she didn't know what combat techniques he taught Yoshino, she could be sure that Yoshino's current fighting techniques were definitely not inferior to anyone's.
"Hehe~ I know~ So I won't use magic power or ki to deal with him. I'll fight him with my physical abilities. If he can satisfy me, then I'll acknowledge that he passed this test, how about it, Kitty?"
Yoshino said gracefully (and pleasantly). Her physical abilities were not those of an ordinary person.
Even ordinary physical strength would make Negi doubt his life.
"...Alright, I agree."
After thinking for a moment, she knew that Negi currently had no ability to defeat Yoshino, so agreeing was fine.
Negi turned around after hearing Evangeline's words and began to seriously assess Yoshino.
He knew that Yoshino was a comrade of his father, and his current strength was no match for her.
But as long as he could satisfy her, he could save Konoe Konoka, so he braced himself and seriously faced the girl in front of him.
"Hehehe~ A child as fresh and cute as you is really easy to break."
Yoshino smiled as she looked at the wary Negi in front of her, her usually closed eyes slightly opening.
With a dark aura on her face, she gave a strange smile and looked at him, "Hehe~ Watching me utterly destroy you will surely be very comfortable."
"Uh... Master, do you know what's going on with Yoshino right now?"
Chachare, who was passing by with a half-dead Kamoru, looked at Yoshino's behavior and asked with some confusion. This wasn't the 'blackening' it loved to see the most! And it was done by such a cute child like Yoshino, this was truly amazing!
"I don't know, I only know that kid is screwed."
Sweating, she looked at Yoshino, who had fallen into a strange state. Fortunately, the personality that appeared last time during the bath in the junior high dorm was 'evil'; if it had been this guy, her own fate might have been very miserable. Did she escape a disaster?
"Hey~ Konoka, Negi seems to be in a bit of a bad situation right now. Aren't you worried?"
Kagurazaka Asuna asked, looking at Konoe Konoka, who had a smile on her face.
"Eh? Really? Don't you think the current situation is interesting?"
Konoe Konoka looked at her in confusion, not understanding what she was worried about. Looking at Konoe Konoka, who clearly wasn't paying attention to what she was saying, she remembered that when she first met Negi, her friend had tricked her into barking a few times.
In a way, these two have quite similar personalities; they should be able to become good friends.
"Oh my~ Why do I feel like I've seen 'Good's' personality somewhere before? It seems very similar to someone, but I really can't figure out who it is. Hmm~ It's quite perplexing."
Yoshinon said, holding the half-dead Kamo, a little puzzled.
'Good's' behavior felt very familiar to her, as if she had seen it somewhere before. But where could it be? (It's you!)
Negi, surrounded by Yoshino's malice, shivered slightly, holding the Magic Formula, because he could feel the intense malice emanating from Yoshino. Now, whether he could save Konoe Konoka was no longer the most important thing; he was probably doomed this time!
"Suffering is the highest form of happiness. Come, Negi. Scream in agony under my attacks."
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